The whispers about “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett started with reports that he had not fully cooperated with police after telling authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist, anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck. Then detectives in a city bristling with surveillance cameras could not find video of the beating. Later, two brothers were taken into custody for questioning but were released after two days, with police saying they were no longer ...

A man, a woman and a police officer were being treated for knife injuries, police said Monday, after a stabbing at a railway station in the British city of Manchester. Witness Sam Clack, 38, a BBC radio producer, said he heard the suspect shouting “Allah” before and during the attack. He quoted the suspect as saying: “As long as you keep bombing other countries this sort of shit is going to keep happening.” The attack took place at Manchester Victoria station in the ...

A woman police officer made history in Pakistan by becoming the country’s first-ever additional Inspector General of Police. In Pakistan’s conservative society, it is difficult for a woman to achieve a high rank in her profession. The police is particularly a male-dominant service. Therefore, the elevation of women police officers to a high rank in the police department is exceptional. However, Helena Saeed made headlines in Pakistani press last week after authorities appointed her ...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, goes an age-old saying. This was proved literally true when a man from India’s Bihar state had to spend 24 hours in police lock-up just because the cops had poor knowledge of English.The foot soldiers looking rather interested in carrying guns from their soldiers than study mistook the word “warrant” mentioned on the top of a court notice written in Queen’s English to an “arrest warrant” and hurriedly put the man in ...

Suhai Aziz, a lady police officer in Pakistan, is being hailed for her bravery and valor that saved the lives of diplomats during a terrorist attack at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, last week. The heroic act of Suhai Aziz, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, has turned her into a celebrity overnight.As stories of police officer’s bravery during the terrorist attack at China’s Consulate in Karachi started to emerge, the 30-year-old mid-career officer became an internet ...

In a tweet, exposing the blatant inaccuracy in the Qatari media outlets’ coverage, challenging the misreported news and dubious sources, Turkish academic and columnist, Emre Uslu said in a tweet on Sunday that the Turkish police confirmed his earlier analysis regarding the inaccuracy in the alleged picture of Saudi citizen Salah Mohammad A. Tubaigy. He said in the tweet that the alleged picture, leaked by Turkish intelligence to Turkish newspaper Sabah which reported that this ...

Abu Dhabi police released footage this week intended to be a wake-up call to motorists, particularly those driving near schools. The video shows a reckless driver almost smashing into a school bus in an attempt to overtake the bus. No one was injured in the incident, according to the police. “The aim of the initiative is to expose the public to these serious violations,” Colonel Mohammed Ali Al Muhairi, director of Security Media Department was quoted as saying by the Abu ...

Two people were injured during a stabbing incident at Amsterdam’s busy Central Station on Friday morning before the alleged attacker was shot and wounded, Dutch police said.“A suspect has been shot after a stabbing incident at Amsterdam Central Station,” Dutch police said on Twitter, indicating that the station had been evacuated and closed off to all rail traffic.However, police shortly afterwards issued an update to say there was “no talk” of a complete evacuation ...

A man working at a petrol station was honored by his company after he returned a customer's missing wallet. Sarath Gopan was able to find the wallet which had $5,445.. On their personal Twitter account, ENOC - the company running the petrol station - posted a tweet saying that “Sarath’s honesty and integrity reflect our values and principles, and we thank him for embodying them.” Recently, a Nepalese employee who works at a Starbucks in Dubai was also honored by the Dubai ...

Israeli police reopened al-Aqsa mosque gates after hours of closure on Friday, when clashes erupted with Palestinian worshippers following midday prayers. Muslim worshippers returned to the site around four hours after they were forced out by police using tear gas. Earlier, the waqf, the religious authority that runs the mosque, confirmed the gates were closed after clashes broke out, as AFP reported. Reuters news agency reported that masked youth cracked fireworks in the direction of Israeli ...